Directory: Society: History: By Topic: Disasters: Fires (5)

Buncefield Fuel Depot Fire@ (4)
Cairo-Luxor, Egypt Train Fire 2002@ (16)
Centralia Mine Fire@ (9)
Chicago Fire 1871@ (5)
Hartford Circus Fire 1944@ (7)
Hinckley, Minnesota Fire 1894@ (2)

London Fire 1666@ (2)
Peshtigo Fire 1871@ (2)
Rhode Island Nightclub Fire 2003@ (57)
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire 1906@ (33)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911@ (6)

See Also:

Fires and Explosions

Fire and Explosion - Descriptions, photos, and dates of some of the worst fires of the past, grouped by type.

Arise and Build: The Great Fire and its Aftermath - Primary sources, including accounts, editorials, and photographs, of the October 27, 1895 fire which destroyed the University of Virginia.

Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, December 1, 1958, Chicago, IL - On December 1, 1958, Our Lady of the Angels school in Chicago caught fire, killing 92 children and 3 nuns. Contains photos and information about this tragic fire, its victims and survivors.

Petroleum Oil Fire Disasters in Urhoboland - A series of articles on fires with photo galleries located in Nigeria's Niger Delta from 1998 to 2000.

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